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"I have put one from the north into motion, and he has come; From the rising of the sun he will call on My name; And he will come upon rulers as upon mortar, As the potter treads on clay."

I have raised up one from the north, and he shall come: from the rising of the sun shall he call upon my name: and he shall come upon princes as upon morter, and as the potter treadeth clay.

Who has declared this from the beginning, that we might know? Or from former times, that we may say, "He is right!"? There was no one at all who declared, There was no one at all who proclaimed, There was no one at all who heard your words.

Who hath declared from the beginning, that we may know? and beforetime, that we may say, He is righteous? yea, there is none that sheweth, yea, there is none that declareth, yea, there is none that heareth your words.

"Previously I said to Zion, 'Behold, here they are.' And to Jerusalem, 'I will give a messenger of good news.'

The first shall say to Zion, Behold, behold them: and I will give to Jerusalem one that bringeth good tidings.

"But when I look, there is no one, And there is no counselor among them Who, if I ask, can give an answer.

For I beheld, and there was no man; even among them, and there was no counsellor, that, when I asked of them, could answer a word.

"Behold, all of them are false; Their works are nothing, Their cast metal images are wind and emptiness.

Behold, they are all vanity; their works are nothing: their molten images are wind and confusion.